Andrew Billen
Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards.
Articles by Andrew Billen
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Television
Andrew Billen - Bananas republic
- 08 August 2005
Television - A furry-hooded joker goes in for a spot of nation-building. By Andrew Billen How to Start Your Own Country (BBC2)
Television
Andrew Billen - Need to know
- 01 August 2005
Television - Peter Taylor uncovers jihadists in Waziristan - and Wembley. By Andrew Billen The New al-Qaeda (BBC2)
Television
Andrew Billen - Price of success
- 25 July 2005
Television - Ricky Gervais's celebrity satire is a little bit too smug, writes Andrew Billen Extras (BBC2)
Television
Andrew Billen - Lost for words
- 18 July 2005
Television - Clueless celebs tie themselves up in verbal knots, writes Andrew Billen Spelling Bee (ITV1)
Television
Andrew Billen - All you need is love
- 11 July 2005
Television - Ironic presentation cuts through the celebrity schmaltz. By Andrew Billen Live 8 (BBC1, BBC2 and BBC3)
Television
Andrew Billen - Dirty weekend
- 04 July 2005
Television - Africa may be saved, but Richard Curtis's blushes aren't, writes Andrew Billen The Girl in the Cafe (BBC1
Television
Andrew Billen - Awkward squad
- 27 June 2005
Television - People don't always improve with age, but Doctor Who does, writes Andrew Billen Antisocial Old Buggers (Channel 4) Doctor Who (BBC1)
Television
Andrew Billen - Spot the difference
- 20 June 2005
Television - The US David Brent is not enough of a loser, writes Andrew Billen The Office: an American workplace (BBC3)
Books
Brain strain
- 13 June 2005
Everything Bad Is Good For You: how popular culture is making us smarter Steven Johnson Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 256pp, £10 ISBN 0713998024
Television
Andrew Billen - Communist plot
- 06 June 2005
Television - Gorbachev traces the highs and lows of the Soviet Union. By Andrew Billen Big Ideas That Changed the World (Five)
